Ballantine's 30 Year

I had read before that this one was a great dram, but i didn't expect it to be so incredible. This one was an enormous experience for me, and it was because of its orange notes, they were simply amazing, i will get to that later. Bottled at 40%abv, burnished gold color. On the nose, it was fantastic. First a sherry elegant note, with some milk chocolate aroma. Then, out of nowhere: KABOOM! Did someone prepared a fresh orange juice just now?? I had never experience such a clean orange note. It was exactly the aroma of cutting a fresh orange in half and putting it on the Blender and then pouring the most fresh orange juice ever on your glass. AMAZING. (Spoiler alert for a future review: i also had the ballantine's 21 and it has the same orange note) On the palate it was also incredible: milk chocolate, oranges, amontillado sherry sweetness, clove and some herbal/lavender notes. Aftertaste was long and rewarding, a strong refined oaky note, with some brown sugar; and then some spices: black pepper and Ginger that makes your whole mouth numb. Overall this one was such a nice dram, a little complex but more than that, it was truly enjoyable. My score for it is 100 over 100 and i definitively recommend it.

Maybe the one of the best whiskey that I wish I can afford on the regular basis. I lived it because no specific elements overtakes the other. This is one of the best perfect Harmony of flavors.

Nose gentle sweet light fruit peat, taste excellent balance of fruit tropical and peat. Smooth. Smoky finish.

Very smooth, taste of peat, but not too strong, Carmel smooth mellow great after taste.

Sampling at Amsterdam airport duty free. Much better than 21 but too pricey for flavor

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